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After months of uncertainty, La Niña is officially here. Here’s what it means in western WA
The weather phenomenon was expected to emerge in late 2024 before delay. Officials finally announced that it had arrived ...
Western Washington braces for cooler temps, mixed precipitation in late January
With fires burning in southern California and no rain in sight for the fire zone, forecasters are keeping a close eye on just ...
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An orca that carried her dead calf for weeks in 2018 is doing so once again
The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female calf since Wednesday, the ...
NOAA says La Nina ocean cooling has finally arrived, but it's weak and may cause fewer problems
A long-awaited La Nina has finally appeared, but the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters is weak and unlikely to cause ...
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A look at some of the top weather events of 2024 in the Pacific Northwest
Overnight on May 9-10, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center ... Social media has made that apparent, as even photographers in Western Washington (not just Norway and Finland!) ...
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Despite scrutiny, endangered whale close to extinction, NOAA says
In total, 80 right whales have been killed or suffered serious injury since 2017, NOAA said, after the agency declared a formal “unusual mortality event” to try to stem losses of the ...
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NOAA says La Nina ocean cooling has finally arrived, but it’s weak and may cause fewer problems
Its delayed arrival may have been influenced — or masked — by the world’s oceans being much warmer the last few years, said Michelle L’Heureux, head of NOAA’s El Nino team.